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N0. 622,6 Patented Apr. ll. I899. S. EASTMAN.

EYEGLA'SS GUARD. (Application filed Feb. 18, 1897.) (No Model.)

l/Vl/ENTOR ATTORNEYS.

llivirnn STATES PATENT Urrrcn.

SYLVESTER EASTMAN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

EYEG LAS'S-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,671, dated April11, 1899. Application filed February 18, 1897. $erial N01 624,000. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvEsTER EASTMAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEyeglass-Guards, of which thefollowingis aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide eyeglass-guards having suchconstruction that advantage is gained in comfort to the wearer and inobviating the necessity of adjusting the guards to suit the nasalformation of customers except at the upper ends or upper parts of theguards, the construction being such that the full pressure of thebow-spring is exerted at points adjacent to the corners of the eyes, onthe fleshy portions of the nose, the lower steadying-pads, which restupon the bony structure of the nose, being modified and relieved of thebow-spring pressure by intermediate spring attach1nents,which carry thelower steadying-pads; and to these ends my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, to whic reference is made and which form apart of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pair ofeyeglasses having offset guards made in accordance with my inventionapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed view of the same. Fig. 3is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view takenon the line a: 00 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailed view of theblankfor the rigid holding-pad. Fig. 6 shows the lower spring-padattached to the rigid holding-pad. Fig. 7 shows the spring-pad combinedwith a rigid pad, both in the same plane with the lenses; and Fig. 8 isa separate perspective view of the lower spring-pad. I

In the drawings, 2 2 represent the lenses held in the lens-frames 3 3,and 4 4 represent the posts, to which the ends of the bow-springs 5 aresecured by screws 6 6, which also secure in place the guards 7 7.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 the guards 7 each comprise a grasping-pad 8,offset to the rear eyes, and a steadying-pad 9, arranged below the posts4 to rest upon the sides of the nose. Thegrasping-pads 8 are each formedof a rigid plate or a separate piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 5,shaped to form a holding member 10 for fastening it to the post and agrasping member 12, to be provided with a facing 13, of leather,celluloid, rubber, shell, or other suitable material. I do not limitmyself to this particular form of plate or separate piece, as variousother forms may be adopted, all within the scope of my invention. In theform shown the grasping member is connected to the lower end of theholding member by an arm 14, of flat metal, or I-may use round wireappropriately flattened at its ends, which if made in gold would effecta saving in stock.

In Fig. 6 the spring steadying-pad 9 is attached to the rigidholding-pad 8 instead of being attached directly to the posts 4-that is,in Fig. 6 the rigid pad and the spring-pad are in line with each other,both held diago-- nal to the plane of the lenses.

In Fig. 7 the rigid pad and the spring lower pad are both held one abovethe other in the same plane with the plane of the lenses.

The steadying-pads O in each instance are each formed of aspring-backing 15, the lower portion of the face of which is coveredwith a facing 16, of leather, celluloid, shell, rubber, or othersuitable material. The upper end of, each spring-backing 15 is securedto the post4 by a screw 6 or other proper fastening, so that thatportion 15 thereof between the facing 16 and the post becomes aspringwhich allows the steadying-pads to conform to the nose withoutspecial adjustment, and at the same time causes the pads to gently pressagainst the nose sufficiently to steady the glasses and prevent themfrom tilting on the nose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An eyeglass-guard comprising a short rigid section secured to thelens frames, and

a separate spring-section held to act below ing 15 provided with afacing 16 and secured V the said rigid section; substantially as detothe post 4 below and in front of the said 10 scribed. holding-pad;substantially as described.

2. The holding-pad formed of a rigid piecev 5 of metal shaped to form amain member hav- SYLVESTER EASTMAN ing a portion which extends below thehold- Witnesses: ing-post 4 and an offset holding member 8, in GEO. W.MILLARD, combination with the separate spring-back- WILSEY S. EASTMAN.

